Category: Modern Workplace Tips

In the Live Events series I opened with a quick discussion of Live Events use cases (see Office 365 Live Events Use Cases – Michael on the Go). In this 2nd video of the 5 part series I demonstrate what it takes to set up and deliver a rich Live Events webcast using nothing more than…

Data retention in Yammer has been a subject that has come up several times with customers lately. Whether we are talking local hospitals or large multinational Pharmaceutical orgs folks in security and compliance want to know what happens when data is deleted in Yammer. Is it truly gone or can it be retrieved for audit…

This morning a colleague working with a fellow customer account shot me an instant message. He said that the customer wanted to know if it was possible to set a MailtTip in Microsoft Outlook to alert their users when they were sending an email to someone outside of their organization. The short answer was yes,…

Yesterday I was with a client discussion collaboration and co-authoring scenarios in Office 365. During the session when I discussed co-authoring and full fidelity round-tripping across rich apps, web view, and mobile apps, I received and objection from one of the attendees. He wanted to know how we could guarantee full fidelity round-tripping and no…

Today while discussing Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams usage in the Healthcare and Life Sciences space with a customer the question of user training came up. My colleague John B pointed out some of the online resources as well as partner resources for training end users. One area that I frequently show customers when…

If you have existing PowerPoint slide decks used by you marketing and communications folks then you are sitting on a web ready treasure chest courtesy of Sway. Office 365’s Sway is a tool used to create beautiful, responsive, web pages designed to elicit interaction and interest. In this Modern Workplace Tips video I demonstrate how…

Sway is a powerful, yet simple, tool that enables the creation of responsive design content viewable on any device. Whether newsletters, training materials, reports, business reviews, etc. Sway simplifies the process of content creation and delivery and is an out of the box service in Office 365. Today during a client presentation on the use…

In this edition of Modern Workplace Tips I follow up on a Michael on the Go episode where I discussed the use of Preservation Lock and demonstrate how to implement it. Preservation Lock is a powerful feature in #Office365 where an organization may need to comply with rules defined by regulatory bodies such as the…